Tuesday, January 19, 1999

He's Here

John was born 11:55 am Tuesday January 19, 1999.

He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce at birth and was 22 inches long, and came two weeks before his due date.

With his size, mom and doctor are glad he decided to come early.

Delivery was trouble-free, and his lungs are healthy! He needed no swat on the bum to start breathing; he emerged screaming! Despite his noisy entrance, he has a sweet disposition and emits the sweetest cooing sound.

Of course he is the most beautiful child ever known to man (this is the father speaking, remember.) His maternal grandmother is already convinced he is a genius, will play professional basketball and the piano. And (based on his introductory performance) he will be a singer.

Mom and baby are doing very well. We're all getting settled in, and getting acquainted.

Thanks for sharing in our journey!

Sunday, January 17, 1999

No (baby) news...

No baby yet.

We took a trip to the hospital Saturday evening, but it was not baby related. Carolyn's mom fell on the ice and broke her leg. She's staying with us at least until she has her appointment with the Orthopedic specialist (Monday) to set the bone and give her a "permanent" cast.

I thought it'd save me a trip if the baby decided to be born while we were at the emergency room with Karen. But, as with so many of my ideas lately, the baby didn't agree.

I'll keep you posted.

Thursday, January 14, 1999

No news is no news

No baby yet.

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Well, we made it to Thursday, which I never thought would happen. Last week as Carolyn and I left the doctor's office, we made an appointment for this week, I said, "Yeah, right, like we'll need it!"

Wrong again.

The baby is determined not to change his primary residence...yet.

Carolyn forbade me to try my reverse psychology idea. "You are NOT telling him to stay inside!"

Everything looks and sounds fine. A clean bill of health from the doctor. The doctor says he would be very surprised if the baby isn't evicted before his due date, Feb. 4. The doctor wants the baby to come soon, but won't take drastic steps to make that happen until the due date arrives.

We do have the doctor's blessing to try the various, so-called "hocus-pocus", methods of making the baby come. We already tried chinese food, to no avail. A local mexican restaurant reputedly has a salsa that does the trick. So tonight we're having mexican food.

We've received recommendations of a few other home remedies, all of which we will try in turn - except for castor oil. No to that!

Stay tuned...

Wednesday, January 13, 1999

No baby yet

No baby yet.

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This little dickens is beginning to show me for a fool. I really thought he'd come on Monday, and here it is Wednesday morning and still no baby. Carolyn had enough sense not to get her heart set on Monday. (That makes one of us)

We tried chinese food last night, which is rumored to have powers to cure a baby's stubbornness. So far, no effect.

According to some of Carolyn's girlfriends, a "general feeling of crappiness" is an indication that labor will soon begin. If that's true, we'll see some action soon. Carolyn definitely has the general baby-on-the-way crappy feeling today.

I told him again last night that it was time to be born. My mother tells me that he's just asserting his independence, not listening to his father.

I wonder if "in the womb" is too soon to try reverse psychology.

Stay tuned...

No news means no baby

No News means no baby.

Press delete now if you don't care to hear more...

We are evaluating each suggested home remedy for what I now term "RBS - Reluctant Baby Syndrome". I appreciate your many suggestions.

Here's what we've tried so far, to no avail:

- fatherly plea
- chinese food
- mexican food
- pizza

Additional suggestions:

- Pasta (news to me, but what's the harm)
- Herbal tea (requires the husband to undertake a treacherous quest to locate it...but still remains a contender)
- Castor Oil (this one is hotly debated. The doctor has advised against it, but more than one mother has extolled its
virtues. Others vehemently poo-poo the idea, so to speak.)

That's all I have for now. Stay tuned.

...and waiting...

No baby yet.

(If you don't care about details, press DELETE now...)

This little dickens is beginning to show me for a fool. I really thought he'd come on Monday, and here it is Wednesday morning and still no baby. Carolyn had enough sense not to get her heart set on Monday. (That makes one of us)

We tried chinese food last night, which is rumored to have powers to cure a baby's stubbornness. So far, no effect.

According to some of Carolyn's girlfriends, a "general feeling of crappiness" is an indication that labor will soon begin. If that's true, we'll see some action soon. Carolyn definitely has the general baby-on-the-way crappy feeling today.

I told him again last night that it was time to be born. My mother tells me that he's just asserting his independence, not listening to his father. I wonder if "in the womb" is too soon to try reverse psychology.

Stay tuned...

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Tuesday, January 12, 1999

Still Waiting

We're still waiting. The contractions aren't strong nor frequent enough, but they are getting stronger. They're erratic; one hour will be quite busy, the next hour will be nothing.

Baby is still kicking Carolyn in the ribs.

I had a talk with him last night, told him it was time to be born. We'll see if he listens.

(The running joke is that he listened to me when I told him: "You need to turn". Within 24 hours of me "commanding" him to turn, he had dropped into the correct position.

This whole notion comes from a tale told by a friend of Carolyn's. Apparently the husband "told" the baby to turn moments before a C-section was performed - and the baby turned, and the C-section was averted.)

Monday, January 11, 1999

No Baby Yet

No baby yet.

Due date is Feb 4, but the doctor wants him to come a little early cuz he's getting big. The doctor has taken Carolyn off the medicine which had been preventing her contractions. We expect some action fairly soon.

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